Trusting God to Guide Us through Painful Unknowns

Trusting God to Guide Us Through Painful Unknowns
When life feels like a dark, uncertain path, Isaiah 42:16 reminds us that we are never walking it alone. In this deeply personal devotional, Jennifer Slattery shares how God restored her marriage and led her and her husband through a season of brokenness they couldn’t fix on their own. Through Scripture and raw testimony, we’re reminded that God will guide you, even when the road ahead is unfamiliar and painful. His promises hold firm—even when we can’t see what’s next.

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✨ Highlights:

• God lights the way in darkness – Isaiah 42:16 offers hope for those feeling lost or stuck.

• Faith in hard times leads to spiritual healing – God doesn’t just show the way, He walks with us.

• Healing in marriage is possible – Even toxic patterns can be restored by divine intervention.

• We don’t have to have it all figured out – Trusting God through uncertainty brings peace and direction.

• God’s promises are personal – He meets us in our pain and leads us forward with grace.

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Full Transcript Below:

Trusting God to Guide Us Through Painful Unknowns 

by Jennifer Slattery

I will lead the blind by ways they have not known,
    along unfamiliar paths I will guide them;
I will turn the darkness into light before them
    and make the rough places smooth.
These are the things I will do;
    I will not forsake them (Isaiah 42:16, NIV)

About five years into our marriage, my husband and I almost got divorced. Although love, strong and pure, had drawn us together, our mutual dysfunction nearly tore us apart. We didn’t actually want to end things. But neither did we want our toxic patterns to continue. The problem was, we didn’t know how to repair the mess and heal the hurt we created. 

One night, while my husband was at work and our daughter asleep upstairs, I sat in our dark, silent living room, feeling so alone. Knowing what Scripture said about divorce, I concluded that the Lord wanted me to remain miserable for the rest of my life. I simply couldn’t imagine my husband’s and my relationship getting better. 

Frustrated, I told the Lord, “Fine. I’ll stay, but You’ve got to do this for me, because I’m done.” 

Although the prayer was more flippant than genuine, the Lord heard the unspoken cries of my heart—the pain, ache for connection, and flickering hope I’d buried in anger and “offense.” He saw the longing in our souls, the untended wounds and deception fueling our fights, and our ignorance when it came to building a healthy marriage. 

We were walking blind, stumbling along a foggy, uneven road marred with potholes, boulders and detours. We needed God’s supernatural vision, His hand t